Alan Tudge (Aston, Liberal Party, Minister for Cities) Share this | Hansard source

I'm asked about alternatives to our congestion-busting plan. In many cases across the nation, I'm sad to inform the House, Labor has failed to commit to many of these large-scale congestion-busting projects. If I look in Victoria and in Melbourne specifically, at the Monash-Rowville rail project, there's no commitment there from the Labor Party. Fifty-five thousands students at the largest university campus in Australia will have to wait decades, should the Leader of the Opposition become Prime Minister.

A look at the airport rail: they say they'll commit to it, but how much money have they put towards it? Not a cent. It's going to be built from the Leader of the Opposition's hot air, apparently, rather than from serious dollars. The worst example in Victoria, which we know very well, is the fact that the Labor Party in Victoria spent $1.3 billion to not build a road, by cancelling the East West Link. It's viable piece of infrastructure, which we have committed to. We continue to commit to it as part of our plan— (Time expired)

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